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Our Webmaster BlogThu, 16 Jun 2016 04:08:44 +0000en-CAhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Optimize Alt Texthttps://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/26/optimize-alt-text/
https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/26/optimize-alt-text/#respondFri, 27 May 2016 03:17:23 +0000https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/?p=226Optimize Alt Text One area where web designers and search engine optimization (SEO) professionals usually butt heads is over the use of images as text instead of actual plain text, usually done in the navigation or other important elements of a website. This can cripple an SEO implementation by limiting the effectiveness of elements that could have been textually based, as text is much more effective for interlinking. This is just one area where image alt text can be very useful. Alt text — which are found in the “alt” portion of image tag — allows you to add a short descriptor ofRead More →

Optimize Alt Text

One area where web designers and search engine optimization (SEO) professionals usually butt heads is over the use of images as text instead of actual plain text, usually done in the navigation or other important elements of a website. This can cripple an SEO implementation by limiting the effectiveness of elements that could have been textually based, as text is much more effective for interlinking. This is just one area where image alt text can be very useful.

Alt text — which are found in the “alt” portion of image tag — allows you to add a short descriptor of the image, whether it’s a photograph, a navigational element or some other useful image or graphic. Alt text allows you to describe to users who hover their mouse over an image what they’re seeing, but for SEO, Services, it also gives the search engine more information than the image’s file name might. Optimizing image alt text is a part of any effective on-site SEO campaign, and in this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to optimize alt texts to make them more useful and effective.

First, if there is text in your image, make sure your alt text matches it precisely. If it’s a one-word image such as menu item, for example, you would include this word in your alt text, as well as possibly a short description of the menu item. This gives the search engine some idea as to what that element is all about.

Secondly, for pictures and other descriptive images, you want at most a sentence describing what users can see in that picture, and again, it has to match what the picture actually is. Google’s crawlers can’t see images, but humans can, and if one of Google’s engineers see that you’re filling your image alt tags with irrelevant information, it could raise red flags.

Finally, not every image has to have an alt text in it. You wouldn’t add alt text to transparent spacer images used to align other elements of a page together, for example, but you would add alt text to all important and relevant images on a page. Alt text doesn’t carry the weight of actual readable text in the eyes of the search engines, but it’s better having it than not.

]]>https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/26/optimize-alt-text/feed/0Choosing Web Design Companyhttps://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/20/choosing-web-design-company/
https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/20/choosing-web-design-company/#respondFri, 20 May 2016 23:58:36 +0000https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/?p=168Choosing Web Design Company Websites are the calling cards of every online venture that you should be proud of! It should provide relevant information along with pleasant viewing to all its users, achieved through quality web development and designing services. With advancements in the field of internet marketing and web technologies, now the market is over-flooded with avowedly best web design company. Therefore, selection of a good web designing company has become a tricky task. However, there are many determinants based on which a probable decision is reasonable as well as worth the value of your hard earned money. if you want to reach toRead More →

Choosing Web Design Company

Websites are the calling cards of every online venture that you should be proud of! It should provide relevant information along with pleasant viewing to all its users, achieved through quality web development and designing services. With advancements in the field of internet marketing and web technologies, now the market is over-flooded with avowedly best web design company. Therefore, selection of a good web designing company has become a tricky task. However, there are many determinants based on which a probable decision is reasonable as well as worth the value of your hard earned money. if you want to reach to any worthy decision, consider these following points before finally venturing out on any web design company:

• Experience- this factor plays a very important factor while looking for the best web design company. A web design company with years of experience is undoubtedly competent in understanding customer needs and requirements, rendering relevant solutions. Experience helps in honing expertise that directly impacts productivity. A web design company rendering services like Application development, SEO, brand building, etc for years should be kept on top of the list.

• Service portfolio- always make sure to check a web design company’s service portfolio. Go through the range of service packages provided by the company along with their expertise level in every domain of web designing. The richer the service portfolio of the company, the better the chances of receiving multifarious web design solutions under a single roof.

• Methods of working- checking on the workflow as well as the work procedures followed by an apparently best web design company will save you from the unnecessary worries and troubles. Those companies following unorganized and complicated workflow will demand your presence, delaying web designing and development projects unnecessarily. Talk about their working methods and go with systematic and simplified one. This will save your time and money, ensuring timely submission of assigned projects.

• Reputation- gauging out the reputation of a web design company is probably one of the trickiest tasks. Get ready to do a thorough research on the selected companies to know more about their company profile along with their market reputation to reach to a decision. Go through the company website, check their clientele and accomplishments and don’t miss out on their client’s feedback. Or simply search over the internet to find information about the company through online forums, communities and groups. Never trust a web design company without checking its credibility.

• Cost effectiveness- this is another important factor that goes into selecting the best web development company. It is vital to measure the cost effectiveness of the company’s web design solutions. Check whether your investment is worthy or not and for that you can even ask for quotes. Compare your needs with the company quote to get cost effective web design solutions at competitive rates.

The above mentioned points surely would help you to find the best web design company. But you should also invest your foresightedness to determine the suitability of a web design and development company that will build your dream website.

About The Author

Saheli Kundu works for best web design company. She has authored a number of articles on best web development company. The author invites you to visit:http://www.web-design-expert.com

]]>https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/20/choosing-web-design-company/feed/0Changing Trends in Web Designing :: HTML5 and CSS3https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/15/changing-trends-in-web-designing-html5-css3/
https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/15/changing-trends-in-web-designing-html5-css3/#respondMon, 16 May 2016 02:20:52 +0000https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/?p=128The clamoring demand of websites is increasing day by day and this is the reason that business entrepreneurs want their websites to perform equally better as their business and much better than their business development executives. And keeping pace with the demand, designers have started believing that HTML 4 and CSS early version needs a replacement. With newer versions on the forefront, HTML and CSS are all set to break grounds in the Internet world. The hair-raising amalgamation of two web languages HTML 5 and CSS 3 are expected to be seen on the websites in the times to come. Before we move a bitRead More →

]]>The clamoring demand of websites is increasing day by day and this is the reason that business entrepreneurs want their websites to perform equally better as their business and much better than their business development executives. And keeping pace with the demand, designers have started believing that HTML 4 and CSS early version needs a replacement. With newer versions on the forefront, HTML and CSS are all set to break grounds in the Internet world. The hair-raising amalgamation of two web languages HTML 5 and CSS 3 are expected to be seen on the websites in the times to come. Before we move a bit further, let’s first discuss what HTML 5 and CSS 3 is?

HTML 5 and its Features

HTML is an acronym of Hyper Text Markup Language that is utilized by web designers to create web pages that they wish to develop. Typically, what is portrayed under HTML coding is the content of the website that encompasses title, headings,and other content. But replacing the old version, HTML 4, HTML 5 has brought something new for the designers and absolutely for the users. In contrast to what websites were few decades ago, today we can see a radical change. With business seeking out for user-friendly, media rich and interactive websites, HTML 4 has taken a back seat and HTML 5 is ready to create furore among designers. HTML 5 being a new version of the language provides coding that will certainly allow easy, better and quick fusion of videos and audios. A new advanced interface for the users is again an addition that can be expected out of this advanced version.

CSS3 and its Forthcoming Advancements

Known as Cascading Style Sheets, CSS is primarily associated with the presentation of the content on the website when visited by a web crawler. It focuses on the background, font, style, color and the overall look of the website. With other advancements in comparison to what it was in late 90’s, CSS 2 is now replaced with CSS 3 which was working well for the website of previous times. However, with the limitation of second version to particular styles, effects, fonts, CSS3 is brought to the effect. Keeping in mind the appeal and interactiveness of the websites, CSS3 is set to bring revolution. This new version is made to provide the designers with more effective tools that makes the website more appealing visually.

Benefits of Using CSS3 and HTML5

1. Better quality of visuals is the chief benefit of using both together.

2. Helps adding customized touch to the fonts

3. Assists in enhancing table look through better styles

4. Due to the web sockets available, quick transfer of online data and communication is done.

Thus website designing with the use of HTML5 and CSS3 provides accessibility to the designers to use plugins relating to audio, video and thus interactiveness. With the aforementioned benefits of using HTML and CSS newer versions, designers can create furore in the designing industry.

]]>https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/15/changing-trends-in-web-designing-html5-css3/feed/0(X)HTML Validationhttps://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/10/xhtml-validation/
https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/10/xhtml-validation/#commentsWed, 11 May 2016 01:30:23 +0000https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/?p=80What is (X)HTML validation, and is it important? Validation is to ensure that the HTML markup is correct, using a third party validation service or application. The accepted industry standard is the W3C Markup Validator Service. Ensuring that your HTML is valid is important. For example, validators ensure your HTML markup tags are properly closed and nested. This is crucial to ensure that your web page and web site looks the way it was intended to your audience (web surfers) regardless of the browser they are using. Your website needs to be consistent in look and feel. Making the HTML valid goes a longRead More →

]]>What is (X)HTML validation, and is it important? Validation is to ensure that the HTML markup is correct, using a third party validation service or application. The accepted industry standard is the W3C Markup Validator Service.

Ensuring that your HTML is valid is important. For example, validators ensure your HTML markup tags are properly closed and nested. This is crucial to ensure that your web page and web site looks the way it was intended to your audience (web surfers) regardless of the browser they are using. Your website needs to be consistent in look and feel. Making the HTML valid goes a long ways to make this so. One missing closing DIV tag can create serious layout issues which may be browser dependent. Such issues can drive away traffic.

Validation also serves as a debugging tool. Going through the process of validation all your HTML can also catch related and unrelated errors in your HTML and layout that you may not have noticed in the haste of coding the HTML.

Validation increases confidence that your web page will look the same in the future when new browser versions are released since browsers adhere (more or less) to the same web standards as the validation process. Building for today’s browsers may be fine and dandy today, but if you do not conform to accepted web standards, your web page may not look the same down the road in the future. Build your website for today and tomorrow as we do not always know what tomorrow brings.

Validation also is a sign of professionalism. The web page looks professional. The web site looks professional. Your company and your products look more professional.

If you have not already, check if your website is (X)HTML valid. If not, depending on the number and type of errors (and number of pages including the size and complexity of the web pages), it can be quite the chore. But, it is well worth the effort. We can help you in the process, but we do charge for this service. That said, even the most inexperienced novice can do it. There is a learning curve, but soon you will be a master. The W3C Markup Validator Service does provide (very) helpful hints with any errors – they can be cryptic at times, but a little research will get you into the swing of things.

]]>https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/10/xhtml-validation/feed/1Is Your Site Mobile Ready?https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/09/is-your-site-mobile-ready/
https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/2016/05/09/is-your-site-mobile-ready/#respondMon, 09 May 2016 15:11:48 +0000https://www.password-sentry.com/blog/?p=44Is your site mobile ready? By that what I mean is your website designed to be mobile friendly? Does it look good on a desktop and on a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.). It matters because more and more people are surfing web using mobile devices – and not just while on the run, but from the comfort of their living room or office. This is especially true for the younger demographic. Unlike what some are saying, PCs and laptops are here to stay despite lagging sales. However, mobile devices are catching up, so you need to ensure that your site appeals and worksRead More →

]]>Is your site mobile ready? By that what I mean is your website designed to be mobile friendly? Does it look good on a desktop and on a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.). It matters because more and more people are surfing web using mobile devices – and not just while on the run, but from the comfort of their living room or office. This is especially true for the younger demographic. Unlike what some are saying, PCs and laptops are here to stay despite lagging sales. However, mobile devices are catching up, so you need to ensure that your site appeals and works with mobile devices and non-mobile devices.

Building your site on a responsive platform goes a long ways to make your site all things to all people: mobile and non-mobile users. This is more commonplace nowadays. This blog utilizes a responsive design. We will converting the rest of the site to a responsive design this year.

You can also create two versions of your website: mobile version and non-mobile version. This is very commonly done, and it works very well. But, it can be a lot of time and effort in the case of large websites (with lots of pages) – website like this one (which is why decided to opt for a new responsive design since this site uses a in-house built CMS-type templating system).

If you decide on the latter, then you need to build an ability to detect if the device connecting to your website is mobile or not. If your site is PHP based, then here is a PHP function that will do the detection: